Your CPA says you’re doing fine. Your production is up from last year. The benchmarks all check out. So why doesn’t it feel like you’re winning? Because the people who wrote those benchmarks aren’t living your life. They didn’t sacrifice what you sacrificed. They didn’t bet everything on ownership. They sure as hell aren’t the… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Dental Practice Profits
Stop Managing Overhead. Start Building a Profit Engine.
You’re staring at your P&L at 11pm. Again. You’re wondering why you’re working this hard and still not keeping what you deserve. You’re asking yourself: What should my overhead be? What’s the right percentage for payroll? Am I spending too much on labs? Should my profit margin be 25%? 30%? What’s normal? Yet, right there… Read more »
Dental Team Building: 7 Ideas That Actually Reduce Turnover
Most dental practices have high staff turnover because they rely on a paycheck to hold their people, and pay is a commodity anyone can find somewhere else. Teams stay when the practice gives them three things money alone cannot: a mission bigger than the job, a clear path to earn more, and a workplace that… Read more »
Growth Without More Hours, Without More Chairs, and Without More Patients
You think you’re stuck. You think you’ve hit capacity. You think you’ve maxed out. You tell yourself, “I can’t work more hours.” Or, “I’m already booked out six months.” Or, “I need more chairs, more space, more hygienists, more new patients.” You’ve probably got a dozen reasons why you can’t break through to the next… Read more »
How Do You Know When Your Dental Practice Is Ready to Drop PPOs?
A dental practice is financially ready to drop PPOs when demand exceeds capacity, meaning the schedule stays full without needing insurance volume to fill it. The decision comes down to three numbers: what percentage of collections comes from insurance, the average write-off per crown, and whether new patient flow is insurance-driven or relationship-driven. When those… Read more »
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